1050 - Harb ibn Isma'il informed me, saying: I heard Ahmad say regarding the salutation to the people of the graves that he said: "And we, if Allah wills, will join you." He said: "This is proof for the exception (al-istithna') in faith, because there is no doubt that joining them is inevitable. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'You will surely enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills' [Al-Fath: 27], and this is also proof, because they were certainly going to enter it."
١٠٥٠ - أَخْبَرَنِي حَرْبُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ، يَقُولُ فِي التَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ» . قَالَ: " هَذَا حُجَّةٌ فِي الِاسْتِثْنَاءِ فِي الْإِيمَانِ. لِأَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ لُحُوقِهِمْ، لَيْسَ فِيهِ شَكٌّ، وَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ} [الفتح: ٢٧] ، وَهَذِهِ حُجَّةٌ أَيْضًا؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ دَاخِلُوهُ "
